This felt like a coherent (and huge) soundtrack you could hear on some wacky rpg. "Storm Advisory" was probably my favourite, I really liked the synth sounds and the melodies. Nah I think it's "Triquetra", I love those pads and the chord progression at 0:21!  

 All of the tracks has it's own charm, also good job on the leitmotifs (i didn't do that bruh), they really help keeping the soundtrack coherent. I really liked the reappearing flute melody at "tip that kayak!".  

The weakest point for me was the mixing though,  The sea sound is too present on "Decrystallized" and "Azure Caverns", I still really enjoyed listening it . It sounds also a bit too harsh on times (at Tip that Kayak!  for example).

I'm only somewhat familiar with Earthbound and its OST, but consistently throughout this (enormous, holy) soundtrack I thought the songs felt like the positive nostalgia someone would feel towards Earthbound. If that even begins to make sense. It felt like a love letter to games of that era and all their quirky characters getting up to shenanigans with an ever-present feeling of reminiscence that I felt hard. You should absolutely be proud of this! It was a ton of fun to listen to :)

Also Twitchywhalez is so true what is even happening in these screenshots 😭

This is so groovy, I love the vibes! There's a great contrast between the groove and atmosphere that is so tasty, my favorite track is Azure Caverns

Also looking at your screenshots and trying to figure out whats going on with Beepbox is fun

TEN tracks, what a treat - but also I hope you had time to sleep a bit during that week :') 

You clearly had the whole thing thought through! The compositions really feel like I could grab a controller and experience the action myself, the story you shared in the listening guide is conveyed perfectly. I really liked the leitmotif time-stamps too, usually I like hunting for those myself but the guide helped me appeciate them more without wondering whether I'm connecting the dots well or not :D 

All in all the instrument choices and the main themes glues the whole thing together really nicely, the mix sounds great as well (although the sea ambiance could get to be a tad too much, like in decrystallized). It's a big boy of a soundtrack for sure, I really enjoyed it!

This was a really pleasant listen! 10 hits, 0 misses, impressive work for the timeframe. 

This is the second submission where I've felt super nostalgic for an era of gaming that was part of my childhood. Tip That Kayak sounded like a track I'd hear at the arcade and I have no clue how to produce this kind of sound so it's really impressive to me that you were able to capture that sound authentically. The song Triquetra is definitely my favorite and I hope to see you next year for another jam!!

I remember your submission to last year's jam so I was super excited to listen to this. As expected, this soundtrack was a great listen. Making 10 unique tracks of this quality in only a weeks time is really impressive (I was scrambling to just finish five lmao). The listening guide also worked wonders to get me immersed in the idea for your video game. I can see how the ocean sound effects could get a bit distracting but I personally didn't really mind. This is a great submission and you should be really proud of what you produced here.

(Also I think I might've mentioned this last year but ur so based for using beepbox. It was the first program I used when I was getting into chiptune so I'm quite fond of it.)

Wow what a treat to have a listening guide as well. Down the Panhandle was awesome and perfectly captured the mood you were going for with that chaotic scene, that one and One Summer Night were my favorite tracks. Nice job!

I too have required reading in my entry but this is on another level!

The amount of care put into the whole package is palpable!

If there's one thing that stood out to me though its that I think not every single track needed the ocean noises. There is so much tying the OST together with leitmotifs and whatnot, that I think some of the tracks could benefit from utilizing the space the waves take up in a different way. IDK what, but I started to hear the waves more and more and it was harder to focus on the music sometimes.

Under the Sun: This a vibe. The waves were an effective touch of course. I remember hearing this in Discord too!

Down the Panhandle: Blues feel! Very effective beach theme.

Tip That Kayak!: Like the energy here. Is that the megalovania/Earthbound guitar, love it lol.  I think the wave-like sfx may have overpowered the mix a bit, but I still enjoyed it.

Azure Caverns: I love this, the percussion reminds me of some Crash games. Some unexpected chord changes that caught my interest in a good way.

Decrystallized: Love the switches between 4/4 and 7/8. Love the increased energy at the end.

Loulou: This one made me think of Omori. Cool chord choices.

Maritime: Love this take on the previous track. The rhythm gets especially cool towards the end.

Storm Advisory: Love these textures a lot. Great atmosphere.

Triquetra: Ooh the drums! Cool arpeggios, lots of energy.

One Summer Night: Love this pad a lot. Nice conclusion.

You made a lot of music in a short time! Great work!

Lots of fun to be had here! I really enjoyed getting to know you from snippets of your life permeating throughout the tracks. This sort of Jazzy, blues, rock/country hybrid is well done and I can feel it in the chiptune. 

Im really surprised that this much came from just a week of writing and programming!

The mood switchup on Azure Caves was a nice departure from the original sound scape and I think you did really well with mallet instruments throughout the sections.

Each song has a pleasant progression from where they started

Loulou's theme was very cute and I like to think this is the song that plays in your head when your dog trots around

Idk why the thought came up but I also thought maritime would sound really good with dnb or jungle drums. Very silly

Storm advisory does a really good job with harmonies and chords for so few instruments

The title track just oozes undertale/deltarune in all its effects and harsh cuts. I had a fun time imagining.

The final track was a nice relaxing wrap up

Great job on this submission friend!

Wow! What a complete work! I really enjoyed the style you chose. Each track feels very well made and with a clear sense of intention. Everything comes together in a coherent way. I also really appreciate the effort you put into creating that listening guide. Overall, this is a great work with everything one would expect from a strong soundtrack, and the fact that you accomplished this in just nine days makes it even more impressive. Congratulations on this, amazing job!

Very complete soundtrack, very impressed by the amount of work that went into it (gets a 5 star in storytelling without a doubt) !

The detailed Google Docs truly does wonders to get to know what were your story and musical intentions for each track, and it does elevate the whole experince substantially (especially with a piece of work as complete as this one).
Concerning the music itself, there were a lot of variety on display and it remained pretty engaging throughout. 
The musical style reminded me of Earthbound with its jazzy 16bit inclinations, with the soundfont of Mother 3 with the compression (Loulou on the cover does ressemble Boney from Mother 3 quite a lot, maybe it was an inspiration at some point ?). Maybe a bit more work on note dynamics could have been used at some points (I thought the track was skipping at 1min26 in Maritime due to it for example).
My favourite tracks overall were Decrystallized (the percussions and the melody on top of it are very pleasant to listen to, sort of reminded me of music from Ecco Tides In Time), Triquetra is very intense and well done, and One Summer Night concludes the album very satisfyingly with its sort of pensive and bittersweet nature.

Excellent work overall, congrats !

the lore is so good, and the music really accompanies it. well done. i enjoyed listening !!

What an impressive submission ! Ten quality tracks, and a guide, I’m really impressed.

Storm advisory and the title track are so good!! So much love was put into this great submission, I wish you luck

Very beautiful set of tracks! I think you did a great job getting the vibe across and establishing a living world; it's very impressive! If I can give any feedback, I think Tip the Kayak and Triquerta were maybe a bit too busy, or at least a bit unclear in their mixes (at least in my own tastes). But still really fun tracks and they definitely capture the energy very well! You've got a knack for melodies, that's for sure.

You definitely weren't lying when you said it was better done in a word document lol.

The OST is such a fun listen overall there's was no dead air at all really cool! Tip the Kayak particularly I was jumping on my chair lol. Time signature of Azure Caverns and overal chords are so great, I never got into chiptune as it feels like so hard for me to grasp traditional music already, but you're really making the most of it, it's great!

Decrystallized stopping all the background sound was chef's kiss!!! Loulou I had heard on the devlog channel so I already know it sounded great, but the rest of the OST doesn't disappoint. Maritime's time signature works great.

Storm Advisory low rumbling bass is  EVERYTHING. I think you nailed what you wrote, that's it's synthwave but not out of place which is a great achievement. Triquetra again is masterful use of chiptune for both music and sound effect in a way. That break too daddy chill!! What a great track. One summer night is perfect for the ending credits.

Again I don't do any chiptune, but this goes above just the style you chose, and you make the BEST out of it, it's really masterful I loved every bit of it, just get my repost lol

Bro you got so involved with that guide and all, i'm impressed 😳

That's a big worldbuilding ! The soundtrack has a cool "seaside" vibe all along, I don't if I preferred Decrysalized or Storm Advisory but anyway !

And nice hommage to your blues keybord grandpa :D

10 TRACKS OH MY LORD!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Love the bossa nova in maritime and the breakbeat in triquetra is so hyper i love it!!! nice job1!!!!!!!!!